irregular verbs the ultimate guide

THE DLTIIARTE GUIDE THAT'S EASY JUST PRACTISE! Copyright © Bryan Feldman 2019 Irregular Verbs: The Ultimate Guide All rights reserved No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—eletronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the author Cover and Interior Design By: SGuerra Design Drawings: Freepik.com Flaticon.com bryanfeldmanbooks@gmail.com www facebook.com/irregularverbsguide INTRODUCTION Irregular Verbs: The Ultimate Guide is for students of English who need to learn and practise the most commonly used irregular verbs It was written as a self-study material, but teachers will find it suitable for use in class Both students and teachers of English will also find the book useful for revision and consolidation The irregular verbs are arranged in alphabetical order and there are 18 units in the book All irregular verbs approached are classified as very frequent words in the sixth edition of the renowned Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English The first unit focuses exclusively on the verb to be Because of its uncommon conjugation, it was approached separately Each following unit consists of a group of five verbs The Pay Attention section presents five example sentences in the past simple tense and five example sentences in the present perfect simple tense The Practice Makes Perfect section brings exercises about such verb tenses It’s worth mentioning that the past participle forms are used to make the perfect tenses and all the passive forms The Additional Exercises section (pages 197-205) provides more activities to practise the past simple and past participle forms of the main irregular verbs in English Students may check their answers by looking at the Key to Exercises at the back of the book Irregular verbs play a vital role in the English language They make up only 3.6% of the verbs, but they outnumber the frequency of regular verbs in spoken and written English It’s also important to point out that the ten most commonly used verbs in English are irregular The list includes be , come , do , have , get , go, know, make , see and take The mastery of irregular verbs is crucial for those students who intend to achieve a high level of proficiency in English Remember! Regular verbs end with-ed in the past simple and past participle forms Ask becomes asked , paint becomes painted , love becomes loved , talk becomes talked , etc However the past simple and past participle of irregular verbs don’t follow the -ed pattern: BUY BRING CUT GO TAKE BOUGHT BROUGHT CUT WENT TOOK BOUGHT BROUGHT CUT GONE TAKEN Past Simple Tense MAIN IDEA : Completed actions and events in the past time FORM : Regular Verbs = Verb + -ed / Irregular Verbs = Verb + Irregular Verb Forms We use the past simple tense: 1; to talk about events in the past that are now finished It was hot, so I opened the windows and took off my coat Alexander joined the company in 1992 2 to talk about habits in the past He often went to night clubs at weekends when he was young 3 to talk about situations in the past She hated mathematics when she was at the primary school 4 in reported speech They said they would protest against the decision PAST SIMPLE KEY WORDS Yesterday/ yesterday morning, last Sunday/ last week/last month, on Monday/on Thursday, in January/ in March/in June, a few minutes ago/ some days ago/two months ago, from 1888 to 1897, from 1957 to 1971/from 1997 to 2009, in 1504/ in 1722/ in 1912/ in 2003, at 5 oclock, at 9.45, etc Present Perfect Simple Tense MAIN IDEA : Connects the past with the present FORM : Have/ Has + Past Participle We use the Present Perfect Simple: 1 when we are describing situations that have continued from some time in the past until now Derek has lived in Bangkok for seven years 2 when we are describing recent events She has just drunk two cups of tea 3 when we are describing repeated actions that have continued from some time in the past until now They have been to many different countries since they started dating each other 4 to talk about experience, that is, things that have happened at some time in our lives I’ve been to Berlin three times Have you ever been sailing? 5 years/ when we can see a present result of past actions book: Piers has forgot the map at home and now they are completely lost 6 when we talk about our first, second, etc experience of something That's the first time Nancy has tried mountain climbing 7 when we use the superlative Gina is the prettiest woman I've ever seen PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE KEY WORDS Just, already, yet, still, ever, never, for three days/ for two months/ for five since Wednesday/ since 11 o’clock/ since 1997/ since she was a teenager/ so far, recently, lately How long + Present Perfect Simple (How long have they been here?) Once/twice/ three times, This week, this month, etc NOTE The following verbs can be regular or irregular and were not included in the burn / burned or burnt dream / dreamed or dreamt learn / learned or learnt smell / smelled or smelt 1, BE WAS/WERE BEEN PAY ATTENTION! Read carefully the following sentences in the past simple It was your great chance to win the game The accident wasn’t near downtown Those machines weren't broken two days ago Was she sick last week? My parents were in New Zealand in 1996 PAY ATTENTION! Read carefully the following sentences in the present perfect simple We have been to Spain twice How longhaveyoubeenhere? I have been too busy since I started working as a salesperson Ithasn’t beencold in some parts of the country My colleagueshaven’t beenvery helpful PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT 1.1 Complete the sentences using the past simple of the verb To Be 1 She angry yesterday 2: The floor dirty Si Mario and Monika at home when I phoned them 4 It very hot this morning 5 They here last month 6 My oldest sister in Australia in 2006 7 Melissa the girl who lent me the coursebook 8 They at the park around 9 o'clock 5, Jeff and Wilson in Ibiza last weekend 10 Ramon the guy who helped us 1.2 Turn these sentences into the interrogative form 1, Susan and Ashley were close friends 2 The packages were heavy a Carol was very interested in politics 4 The shops were closed at lunchtime 5 Jim and Morgan were excellent golf players 1.3 Turn these sentences into the negative form 1,